Arms Trade Treaty

To achieve a core purpose of “reducing human suffering,” the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) sets common global standards for the national control of shipments of conventional weapons across international borders.

On September 17, 2019, Canada became the 105th state party to the global ATT. Project Ploughshares was part of the civil-society push to create this treaty, and has promoted it since.

Project Ploughshares, in partnership with other NGOs, has actively promoted an Arms Trade Treaty since the mid-1990s.

Ploughshares is a member of the Steering Board of the Control Arms Coalition, a group of NGOs promoting the ATT.

Canadian Military Production

Project Ploughshares monitors and reports on Canadian military production and exports.

In support of this work, we maintain theCanadian Military Industry Databasewhich compiles publicly available records of military contracts awarded to Canadian companies as well as annual government records of arms exports to overseas countries.